US take on taut thriller
GRACEPOINT
Universal/13th Street
Friday, 8.30pm
IF ever there was a de-ja-vu moment on television, watching the first episode of Gracepoint on Foxtel should have been it.
Here is...
They’re real gone kids
Gone Girl (MA15+)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
YES, it is as good as you’ve heard it is - and get ready for...
Art for art’s sake
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
DISTRICT artists were proud to take home a range of prestigious awards at the eight-annual Great Art Show at Nossal High School...
Geared up for holiday fun
By BEN CAMERON
PAKENHAM kids heard all about big machines last Friday at Pakenham Library as part of Cardinia Shire Council’s school holiday program. Children...
Denzel’s bad is good
The Equalizer (MA)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz
DONE right, there’s nothing quite so deeply satisfying as a good revenge yarn.
Enter moderately angry black man,...
Nicholls caught on the fly
By ANEEKA SIMONIS
BERWICK’S rising star, Bryce Nicholls, is set to take centre stage for the returned season of an acclaimed production in the city’s...
Aunty’s thriller is all grown-up
By TANIA PHILLIPS
THE Code
ABC TV, Sunday, 8.30pm
IN THE past few weeks it’s been hard to watch the ABC without seeing a promo for the...
In a maze of the mind
The Maze Runner (M)
Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee
IT IS action from the opening scene with this film.
The Maze Runner will throw...
It’s the little film that could
Snowpiercer (MA15+)
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans, Song Kang-Ho
COULD it be the most mental film of the year?
If you’re looking for something a little different...
Jada jets off for pageant
By BEN CAMERON
AN ASPIRING model from Officer is set to represent the nation in a televised beauty pageant in China next month.
Jada Casey is...
Hard up in a half-shell
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Rated: PG
Starring: Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, Will Arnett, Noel Fisher, Johnny Knoxville, William Fichtner, Minae Noji, Jeremy Howard, Whoopi Goldberg
CHILDREN will...
Body of ill-health will grow on you
Embarrassing Bodies
GEM
Wednesdays 10.30pm
SOME people say when you’re in a rut or feeling down, the best way to boost your self-confidence is to relish...
McDermott, Mac and Mullett
MARCUS: Well boys, funny story. Driving into Pakenham this morning I stopped at the Cardinia Road/Princes Highway intersection and saw a kangaroo dodge the...
